Yes especially since he starts of bemoaning the difference in intellectual attitudes between Anglosaxons and other countries - failing to note that Dr Spock was

Yes especially since he starts of bemoaning the difference in intellectual attitudes between Anglosaxons and other countries - failing to note that Dr Spock was widely translated and read worldwide. He also misrepresents what Dr Spock said, which given the social climate at the time was actually a useful addition to the childreading debate. When the paediatricians were telling mothers to formula feed (and formula was awful in those days - sugar and soluble fat mostly, not like today) every 4 hours (no more often, no matter how the baby cries) instead of breastfeeding on demand (as is the current best practice), "ignore the authority and listen to your intuition" was not the worst advice in the world.